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One of the things that everyone tells new mothers is to always say yes to offers of help. This goes double if those offers involve bringing food to you. I was a very lucky lady when B was born, because I had not only my mother bringing food and cooking at our house, but my […]

This feels like a recipe wherein I am cheating. It’s the kind of meal you can make for dinner guests and feel fancy, or that makes a lot of lunches and dinners to go in the freezer or fridge. The recipe is not one I came up with myself (despite the tagging system), but from […]

Often when I’m writing up recipes for this blog, it’s something I haven’t made before. So I’m just as interested as the rest of you might be in how the recipe turns out. Occasionally if I am underwhelmed by the recipe (or by my creation of it), you never hear about it. Today’s recipe, though, […]

I think we’ve established that I’m a sucker for those food videos that automatically play on facebook. The boy jokes that they are “my porn” – when he catches me watching one (or two or three back to back), he’ll laugh and say, “Should I leave you alone with your video?” Very funny dude. We […]

So remember last year when I tried to make that brussels sprouts dip from Tasty last year? That was disappointing. It didn’t stop me from continuing to watch those videos throughout the year, and to follow some of the new offspring channels. One that I like is Goodful, which has as a tagline, “Inspiration for […]

Occasionally there will be recipes that come across my feed and grab me right away. I look at the post and go, “I NEED THAT” and make immediate plans to go to the grocery store and get the required ingredients. This recipe pushed a lot of my “just right” buttons – I love quinoa. I […]

My college friends and I had another potluck recently. Since it’s October, the theme was a very nebulous fall-pumpkin-harvest theme. Initially there were back and forth emails about “I love pumpkin!” “I hate pumpkin!” “I’m ok with pumpkin as a flavor, but am not really a fan of pumpkin pie”, “blasphemy!”, “well then, you eat the […]

The Boy and I love fast-casual places. There are so many in the DC area that can be described as the “Chipotle of…” and then fill in the blank with your favorite type of food. And apparently there’s a good reason for that – the reason being that people in DC don’t have the same […]

You always hear about secret recipes – the ones that are passed down in families, and no one but family members are allowed to know the details. My grandmother accidentally acquired a cookie recipe like this back in the 60s from a little girl who gave the recipe over the phone while her mother was […]

I like a party with a theme. It helps me to gather my thoughts and to organize food, decor, and whatever else needs doing. Like my Oscars party – that’s pretty specific, so you’ve got a starting point for any ideas on what to do and prepare. Lucky for me, my friends are the same […]